Green Enterprise: 1 Gigawatt He Dreiht North Sea Wind Farm receives no Gov't Subsidies

Green Enterprise: 1 Gigawatt He Dreiht North Sea Wind Farm receives no Gov't Subsidies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first giant Vestas offshore wind turbine of the German He Dreiht (“It Spins”) project in the North Sea has been installed, some 190 miles northwest of Bremerhaven. It is capable of generating 15 megawatts just on its own. When the other 64 turbines are erected on the already-sunk pilons within the next year, the wind farm will generate nearly 1 gigawatt, enough to power 1.1 million homes — more than the number …